My One and Only Thrill

My One and Only Thrill
Studio album by Melody Gardot
Released	March 16, 2009
Recorded	Capitol Studios, Stage and Sound (Hollywood, California) Market Street (Santa Monica, California)
Genre	Jazz blues
Length	48:07
Label	Verve Universal Classics and Jazz
Producer	Larry Klein
Melody Gardot chronology
Live from SoHo (2009) My One and Only Thrill (2009) The Absence (2012)
Singles from My One and Only Thrill
"Who Will Comfort Me" Released: March 17, 2009 "Baby I'm a Fool" Released: April 7, 2009 "Your Heart Is As Black As Night" Released: February 22, 2011[1]

My One and Only Thrill is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Melody Gardot, released on March 16, 2009 by Verve Records.^[2] Three singles were released from the album: "Who Will Comfort Me", "Baby I'm a Fool", and "Your Heart Is As Black As Night". All tracks are original, except "Over the Rainbow" (originally performed by Judy Garland in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz), which is included as a tribute to her grandmother.^[3] It features string arrangements by Vince Mendoza, who, along with producer Larry Klein, is known for his works with Joni Mitchell. My One and Only Thrill received three Grammy Award nominations: Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the title track (Mendoza), Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (Helik Hadar and Al Schmitt), and Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (Klein). The album has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide.

A deluxe edition was released in November 2009, which consists of a digipak including an orchestral version of "If the Stars Were Mine" and an additional EP with five tracks recorded live at a radio concert in Paris, as well as an extended booklet.^[4] A second deluxe addition, the Starwatch edition, was released in November 2010. This version includes three bonus "Chill Out Mix" tracks and instead of the live EP it includes the Bye Bye Blackbird EP, four tracks recorded with British jazz guitarist David Preston.^[5]

Composition

Keeping the dark piano jazz style, the album incorporates several elements of samba and Brazilian music, which Gardot considers major influences. Regarding the slightly quiet and always smooth sound, she was quoted saying that, because of her health problems, not many instruments could be used. She added that it was a very logical process.^[3] The album is mainly sung in English, except for the French-language track "Les étoiles" ("The Stars").

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
BBC Music	favorable[7]
Billboard	favorable[8]
The Boston Globe	favorable[9]
The Guardian	[10]
The Independent	favorable[11]
JazzTimes	favorable[12]
The New York Times	favorable[13]
The Times	[14]
Toronto Star	[15]

The album gained favorable reviews upon its release, calculating an average rating of 71/100 according to Metacritic based on ten critic reviews.^[16] Allmusic remarked that "These are slight, subtle progressions but what impresses is how thoroughly My One and Only Thrill lives up to the promise of her debut, offering another album that is as enchanting in its sound as it is in its substance", awarding the album with four out of five stars.^[6] The Times gave the album four out of five stars and described it as "an exceptional album and anyone who thought the great age of the torch singer was long over should lend an ear".^[14]

Commercial performance

My One and Only Thrill debuted at number 42 on the US Billboard 200 with 11,000 copies sold in its first week, earning Gardot her highest-peaking album on the chart (until The Absence reached number 33 in 2012), as well as her best sales week.^[17][18] By April 2010, the album had sold 117,000 copies in the United States.^[19] The album debuted at number 40 on the UK Albums Chart for the week ending March 28, 2009,^[20] eventually peaking at number 12 in late May 2009.^[21] It was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on July 22, 2013, denoting shipments in excess of 100,000 copies.^[22]

The album was successful across continental Europe, where it reached number one in Sweden, as well as the top five in Belgium's Wallonia region, France, Germany, and Norway, the top 10 in Denmark, and the top 20 in Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland.^[23][24] As of April 2015, My One and Only Thrill had sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide.^[25]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Melody Gardot, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Baby I'm a Fool"	3:30
2.	"If the Stars Were Mine"	2:48
3.	"Who Will Comfort Me"	4:56
4.	"Your Heart Is As Black As Night"	2:42
5.	"Lover Undercover"	4:24
6.	"Our Love Is Easy" (Gardot, Jesse Harris)	5:28
7.	"Les Etoiles"	3:18
8.	"The Rain" (Gardot, Harris)	3:21
9.	"My One and Only Thrill"	6:10
10.	"Deep Within the Corners of My Mind"	3:19
11.	"Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg)	3:13
12.	"If the Stars Were Mine" (Orchestral Version)	4:33

iTunes Store bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Pretend I Don't Exist" (Gardot, Harris)	3:09

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Pretend I Don't Exist" (Gardot, Harris)	3:09

Deluxe edition bonus EP: Live in Paris
No.	Title	Length
13.	"The Rain" (Live in Paris)	5:11
14.	"Ain't No Sunshine" (Live in Paris)	5:41
15.	"Baby I'm a Fool" (Live in Paris)	3:42
16.	"My One and Only Thrill" (Live in Paris)	6:28
17.	"Love Me Like a River Does" (Live in Paris)	6:12

Starwatch edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Our Love Is Easy" (Chill Out Mix)	4:46
14.	"Baby I'm a Fool" (Chill Out Mix)	4:35
15.	"My One and Only Thrill" (Chill Out Mix)	6:19

Starwatch edition bonus EP: Bye Bye Blackbird
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get Out Of Town"	3:03
2.	"Someday My Prince Will Come"	1:12
3.	"Bye Bye Blackbird"	3:11
4.	"Summertime"	3:56

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2009–10) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[26] 23 Australian Jazz & Blues Albums Chart[27] 1 Austrian Albums Chart[28] 44 Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[23] 31 Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[29] 5 Danish Albums Chart[30] 9 Dutch Albums Chart[31] 20 European Top 100 Albums[32] 18 Finnish Albums Chart[33] 20 French Albums Chart[34] 4 German Albums Chart[35] 4 Greek Foreign Albums Chart[36] 5 Irish Albums Chart[37] 34 Japanese Albums Chart[38] 27 New Zealand Albums Chart[39] 11 Norwegian Albums Chart[40] 2 Polish Albums Chart[24] 18 Spanish Albums Chart[41] 19 Scottish Albums Chart[42] 15 Swedish Albums Chart[43] 1 Swiss Albums Chart[44] 17 UK Albums Chart[45] 12 UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart[46] 1 US Billboard 200[18] 42 US Jazz Albums[47] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2009) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums Chart[48] 7 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[49] 76 Danish Albums Chart[50] 23 European Top 100 Albums[51] 61 French Albums Chart[52] 17 Swedish Albums Chart[53] 1 UK Albums Chart[54] 169 US Jazz Albums[55] 12 Chart (2010) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums Chart[56] 8 Danish Albums Chart[57] 94 European Top 100 Albums[58] 37 French Albums Chart[59] 52 German Albums Chart[60] 31 Swedish Albums Chart[61] 19 US Jazz Albums[62] 6 Chart (2011) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums Chart[63] 43 Chart (2012) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums Chart[64] 42 Chart (2015) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums Chart[65] 37

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[66]	Gold	35,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[67]	Gold	15,000
France (SNEP)[68]	2× Platinum	270,000[19]
Germany (BVMI)[69]	Platinum	200,000
Greece (IFPI Greece)[70]	Gold	7,500
New Zealand (RMNZ)[71]	Gold	7,500
Norway (IFPI Norway)[72]	Platinum	30,000
Poland (ZPAV)[73]	Platinum	20,000
Sweden (GLF)[74]	2× Platinum	80,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[22]	Gold	100,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[75]	Platinum	1,000,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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